Yes, it was similar.
Anno Domini beta : test it and feed back here!!
- Thread starter Rob (R8XFT)
- Start date
Blue Monkey
Archon Without Portfolio
@ Rommel: the shield looks fine at civ scale; how about making the red on the shield into civ color?
@ R8XFT: The plan sounds good. Yoda started a thread where there's some discussion of SE Asian civs. I would be willing to offer what I know (mostly from the perspective of the ones that were influenced by or at least interacted with the Indian cultures). I know others, like Ogedei for example, could help out there also.
@ R8XFT: The plan sounds good. Yoda started a thread where there's some discussion of SE Asian civs. I would be willing to offer what I know (mostly from the perspective of the ones that were influenced by or at least interacted with the Indian cultures). I know others, like Ogedei for example, could help out there also.
Here's a bit of leaderhead making in reverse - I'll show you the leaderhead - you suggest who it could be!! I was initially going to do Liutprand of the Lombards, but I don't think it's turning out that way 
.
.
Partizanac
Serbian Ambassador in CFC
its awesome!!!!! 
Thanks - but who is it?
Partizanac
Serbian Ambassador in CFC
its 
Stormrage
Ever Present Taskmaster
Oh, he must from one of the Indian civs 
I dunno, Jutes? Or is he supposed to be from a fresh civ?
I dunno, Jutes? Or is he supposed to be from a fresh civ?
Gen. Rommel
Wüstenfuchs
Sorry guys, I forgot to mention that my units will usually be in two variations (if not more): one in civ-coloring and one in normal colors. And just like bluemonkey suggested, I was thinking the shield and the arm barcers would be ideal for civ-coloring.
That idea sounds really good Rob! I'm anxious to see what comes of this.
I have no clue who that guy is, but his facial features are very Nordic and the architecture of the background looks exceptionally Frankish. I would have to tip on one of the new Germanic tribes, most probably the Batavii.
EDIT: Hmmm...I just saw that the Batavii will actually need a horseman as their UU. Guess I'm going to have to find another model.
That idea sounds really good Rob! I'm anxious to see what comes of this.
I have no clue who that guy is, but his facial features are very Nordic and the architecture of the background looks exceptionally Frankish. I would have to tip on one of the new Germanic tribes, most probably the Batavii.
EDIT: Hmmm...I just saw that the Batavii will actually need a horseman as their UU. Guess I'm going to have to find another model.
TopGun
258 kills
Hermann the Cheruskian... the guy who defeated Varus' legions?
Blue Monkey
Archon Without Portfolio
You tried to trick us with the half-timbered building instead of just putting a windmill on a dike in the background, but it's got to be Chariovalda of the Batavii.
To be honest, it could be him if you want it to be. I'd actually made full pcxs for William's first era - i.e. the picture below, which I was intending to use as Chariovalda. With the image I posted above, I'd basically started making the leaderhead and wondered who I could use him as
.
Blue Monkey
Archon Without Portfolio
I WIN! I WIN! I WIN! 
What did I win?
Well, I don't know if you have
. Should I keep William as Chariovalda and use the new leaderhead I'm making as someone else - for example a British tribe in one of the BIQs. He seems a bit "Rood and the Dragon" -ish to me. I actually wanted him to be the Parisii chieftain, but I can't find any Parisii names; Edwin's a possibility as he ruled a similar area of Britian (Edwin of Northumbria).
Blue Monkey
Archon Without Portfolio
I figured you'd be able to tell by the totally ludicrous banana dance & twitchy return to virtual reality how serious I was. Where to I go to collect my dream vacation for two in Amsterdam, by the way?Well, I don't know if you have
Virote_Considon
The Great Dictator
They've probably got a good offer on in one of your local travel agents
Well, for starters, it's only a flight for one, you have to make new friends when you get thereI figured you'd be able to tell by the totally ludicrous banana dance & twitchy return to virtual reality how serious I was. Where to I go to collect my dream vacation for two in Amsterdam, by the way?
. Secondly, do you think that William first era makes a fine Chariovalda? Thirdly, will Edwin "do" as the name of the Parisii leader or does anyone know the name of a historical Parisii leader (as in the branch that settled in Northern England)?
Blue Monkey
Archon Without Portfolio
My ethnic background is mostly Dutch/German, although they emigrated to the USA in the 18th c. He looks a lot like my uncles/cousins so I'd say yes.
Hoping to be of some assistance, I did some internet searching and I unearthed a Roman Aedile of Petuaria from AD140-161 named Marcus Ulpius Januarius...so that is a name that is directly related to the main Parisii settlement, although it is a Roman occupier and obviously not a Celtic, Parisii name.
Otherwise all I've seen are Northumbrian names, such as Aethelfrith (a predecessor of Edwin), the first unified Northumbrian King c. 600AD; there are other names of kings of the separate Northumbrian kingdoms from 500AD. The oldest names I found were Eoppa, Esa, and Ingwy. Yet, at this time the region was clearly becoming Anglicized and it appears the Parisii really weren't an independent tribe any longer. Having a Parisii leader named as an Anglo King seems slightly odd.
Thanks for looking into this. Obviously, I've got to have a name for the leader and have to go with whatever's available. Out of the names you mentioned, I think Ingwy sounds probably the most likely candidate.
A quick update is that further study has revealed that Volisius, who I'd previously thought to have been a Coritani ruler, was actually of the Parisii. He was listed as one of eleven tribal kings of Britain at the time of the Claudian invasion, so he's a contemporary of Boudicca and Cartimandua.
